Health IT news and digital transformation trends

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has signed an agreement to incorporate a clinical decision-support platform from OpenEvidence into its Epic EHR. The collaboration marks the AI company’s first enterprise deal with a health system. All clinicians at the…

Clewiston, Fla.-based Hendry Regional Medical Center has selected Meditech’s Expanse EHR, replacing multiple legacy systems with a single platform. The critical access hospital will transition from four disparate systems to a unified patient record designed to improve care coordination and…

HHS is restructuring its health technology leadership, reversing a 2024 reorganization, to centralize key roles under the agency’s chief information officer. The move restores the pre-2024 departmentwide model by returning responsibility for enterprise IT, cybersecurity and data operations to the…

Some health systems are adopting teledermatology to expand patient access and boost efficiencies, the American Journal of Managed Care reported. As dermatologists face declining reimbursement, they will have to look into alternatives to maintain revenue, including video appointments and asynchronous…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has been using Epic’s new Agent Factory, which creates and monitors agentic AI tools that reason, decide and act within workflows. “By combining Epic’s Agent Factory Platform capabilities with Advocate Health’s scale, clinical insight, and commitment…

At Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners, AI adoption comes down to one priority: trust. “We believe fundamentally that it will be detrimental to our ability to serve our members and our patients if we release AI competencies just for the sake of…

Health systems are turning to Big Tech for help with healthcare’s digital transformation. But the relationship goes both ways. “We’re going to look to all of you for what are interesting opportunities and what are the guardrails to put in…

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Guyana’s Ministry of Health have launched a national quality improvement program focused on advancing patient safety and hospital care through digital, data-driven strategies. The initiative began with a two-day leadership workshop held…

In March, Oracle Health expanded the capabilities of its note generation tool and moved more hospitals onto its EHR, readying to resume its U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rollout. “The ultimate signal of success is that the organization moves faster…

At Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, tech adoption comes down to one question: Does it fit into the workflow? “If technology adds friction, it fails,” said Edwina Bhaskaran, MSN, RN, the health system’s chief clinical systems and informatics leader. As Mayo…